Setting Up Uptime Monitoring with Uptime Kuma

By Admin · Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Apr 23, 2026 · 36 views · 1 min read

What Is Uptime Kuma?

Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool similar to Uptime Robot. It monitors HTTP, TCP, DNS, and more, with a clean dashboard and notification integrations.

Install with Docker

docker run -d \
  --name uptime-kuma \
  --restart=unless-stopped \
  -p 3001:3001 \
  -v uptime-kuma-data:/app/data \
  louislam/uptime-kuma:latest

Install Without Docker

sudo apt install -y nodejs npm git
git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git
cd uptime-kuma
npm run setup
node server/server.js

Monitor Types

Type	Use Case
HTTP(S)	Check website response and status codes
TCP Port	Verify a service is listening on a port
Ping	ICMP ping check for host availability
DNS	Verify DNS resolution returns expected results
Docker Container	Check container is running
MySQL/Redis	Database connectivity checks

Notification Channels

Uptime Kuma supports 90+ notification services:

Email (SMTP)
Slack, Discord, Telegram
PagerDuty, OpsGenie
Webhooks (custom endpoints)
Ntfy, Gotify, Pushover

Status Pages

Create public status pages to show your users the health of your services — similar to status.github.com. Each status page can include multiple monitors grouped by category.

Reverse Proxy with Nginx

server {
    server_name status.example.com;
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3001;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }
}